by Becca Risley | Mar 10, 2016 | News Slider
It all started with a passion for music. Clarence Paul Brown, father of Lipscomb professor Larry Brown and grandfather to Lipscomb sophomore Emily Butts, donated 323 hymnals to the The Bailey Hymnal Collection in February. The hymns are to be stored in the Beaman Library Special Collection archives. “Paul’s donation is monumental because to have a collection from a member of the Church of Christ and in the Nashville area is something special,” special collections librarian Elizabeth Rivera said. “What makes his gift so significant is that a lot of them are from the 1920s and they are just treasures of what different churches and denominations used for worship.” Brown began leading singing at the age of 16 and just before donating his collection of hymnals to the archives, he celebrated 70 years of song leading. While several of the donated hymnals were his own, a bulk of the collection came from Michael Moore. Moore was also a song leader and spent several years collecting hymnals. “Unfortunately he died of a heart attack,” professor Brown said. “His widow knew Dad was a good friend of his and loved music too, so she gave them to him. “The books were from multiple people. Inside, you can see they were gifts from lots of different people – all from a lifelong love of hymns.” Because of this donation, which included three CD’s and a few newspaper clippings, the archives now have over 2,800 hymnals. “I know letting go of those hymnals was hard for him because that meant acknowledging that that part of his life was over, but I’m proud of...
by Katie Bianchini | Mar 8, 2016 | News Slider
Grinning ear to ear and sporting his self-proclaimed “party” socks, author Bob Goff greeted Lipscomb students on Monday evening in Swang 108. “Not only is he a kid at heart, he’s also a kid in real life who just happens to have a big kid job as a lawyer,” said an email from Lipscomb’s Student Government Association on Monday morning that encouraged students to attend the event. Author of the popular Christian novel Love Does, Goff tries to motivate others to discover a secretly incredible life in an ordinary world by living passionately. “When I think of passion it’s like, well we all know what it’s felt like to touch knees with somebody that you liked a lot,” Goff said. Goff said a purpose-filled life includes stepping out of one’s comfort zone and loving others unconditionally. “If you don’t understand cowboys, go to Texas,” he said. “I used to not understand vegetarians. I was like, ‘have none of you had a burger?’ But once you get to know them, they’re great.” Several students recently read Love Does and said they found encouragement in listening to Goff’s presentation. “Being able to see him in person makes the words that we read in his book feel a lot more sincere,” junior Brooke Gordon said. “Knowing that he actually lives the way that he writes is really awesome to see.” After hearing Goff in person, sophomore Kinzie Icayan said she is convinced that it’s possible to live a life on the edge for God. “I thought maybe that those were the six times he’d done something, but he explained so many other situations that weren’t in the book,” she said. “And those were book-worthy, too.” At...
by KJ Lauck | Mar 7, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lady Bisons (11-9) softball team went 2-2 in this weekend’s Purple and Gold Challenge. The five team round robin-style tournament was played at Draper Diamond and featured Youngstown State, Indiana State, Furman, and Troy. The first game was Friday night against the Furman Paladins (9-11). Senior Tanner Sanders started the game in the circle for Lipscomb. The first hit of the game was a first pitch, lead-off home run from Furman’s Candace Johnson, to give the Paladins an early 1-0 lead. “Anytime you start the game with first pitch, first hit home run it’s going to give your team [Furman] a lot of confidence,” head coach Kristin Ryman said. But the Lady Bisons fought back to tie it late, as sophomore Abbey Fenichel’s sacrifice fly scored Destinee Brewer and tied the game in the bottom of the seventh. The Paladins took advantage of a bases loaded opportunity in the opening frame of the eighth as AnnaRose Borrelli hit a grand slam off of Sanders (5-4) to give Furman the lead for good. The Lady Bisons salvaged one run in the bottom of the eighth but ultimately fell 7-3. “Credit their hitters, they’re up there hacking away and battling counts, making her [Sanders] throw a lot of pitches,” Ryman said. Senior pitcher Kelly Young got the nod in Lipscomb’s second game of the challenge against Troy Saturday. Freshman Sarah Higgins did her part to help out Young by hitting her fifth home run of the year in the third inning to give Lipscomb the only lead it needed. Young pitched a complete game shutout on the way to her third win...
by Charlie Bateman | Mar 7, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb baseball team defeated Alabama A&M 5-4, 14-5 and 10-3 to extend record to 9-3 for the season. In the first game, the Bisons defeated the Bulldogs 5-4. The Bulldogs were down 5-1 going into the ninth and scored three consecutive runs at the top of the inning. Junior Dalton Curtis stopped the rally to pick up his fourth save of the season. The Bisons beat the Bulldogs 14-5 in the second game and a grand slam from freshman Tevin Symonette was part of a six run streak during the third inning. This was the second homerun in two games for Symonette. “He works hard at take advantage of good pitches to hit at the plate,” head baseball coach Jeff Forehand. “I don’t think he intentionally goes up to the plate looking for a homerun, but he has put some good swings at the plate, which has led to being able to hit the ball over the wall.” Lipscomb continued its scoring streak by earning ten runs in the final game and winning 10-3. “I think it is always a combination of being good at bat and getting the count in your favor,” Forehand said. “We were able to take advantage of some opportunities, but I felt like we missed out on some others.” For sophomore pitcher Brady Puckett, this was his third win of the season. Puckett is tied with sophomore Jeffrey Passantino for most wins scored by a starting pitcher. “I think the key for him has been the eight strikeouts and no walks,” Forehand said. “When you are not walking guys, you give yourself the opportunity to have a lot of success.”...
by Colleen Casner | Mar 6, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
After four performances and many hours of hard work, Delta Sigma, Delta Nu, Theta Psi, Phi Sigma and friends took home the Singarama Sweepstakes Award for their show, “The Best Day of Your Life” Saturday night in Collins Alumni Auditorium. The group also won the music category on Friday night and the staging category on Saturday afternoon. “The Best Day of Your Life” starred junior acting major and Theta Psi member Nelson Tilley as an anxious wedding planner faced with multiple mishaps on the day of a wedding. Tilley said he was ecstatic after the big win. “It’s an incredible experience,” Tilley said. “We’ve put so much hard work into it — just as every other club did. Words cannot express how happy I am.” As a first-time Singarama participant, Tilley said he enjoyed getting to know people from the other social clubs in the group. “I kind of equated Theta Psi and Phi Sigma’s relationship at the beginning to, like, a middle school dance,” Tilley said. “We were scared of them — they were scared of us. But I think we just love each other, and it’s just great to be part of such a loving group.” Junior Emily Ann Ray directed the winning group. The Phi Sigma member has participated in Singarama twice before this year, but this year was her first time as director. Ray said she was thrilled that her group’s hard work paid off in a win. “It made everything really worth it,” Ray said. “But I think that it was great after putting so much work into it — not just me, but our...
by Todd Lamberth | Mar 5, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb women’s basketball season ended on Friday with a 80-51 loss at Jacksonville in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Tournament. The Lady Bisons (5-25) entered the matchup as the seventh seed in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament where they met seconded seeded Jacksonville. The Lady Bisons were able to keep the game within single-digits in the first half, trailing by just nine points at halftime. The Dolphins turned it on in the second half, outscoring Lipscomb 43-23. “We knew we were capable of playing with anybody in the conference,” head coach Greg Brown said. “It’s the sustaining of it that we really have to work on. Knowing that, I didn’t have to tell them anything to fire them up before the game. They were ready.” Second chance points proved to play a big factor in the Dolphin win as they converted their 16 offensive rebounds into 28 points. The Lady Bisons were also able to grab 16 offensive rebounds but only managed to turn theirs into two points. Senior Ashley Southern led the Lady Bisons off the bench, nearly picking up a double-double in her final game in a Lipscomb uniform with 14 points and nine rebounds. Alex Banks was the only other Lady Bison to reach double figures, contributing 12 points in the loss. The rest of the Lady Bisons struggled from the field, however, shooting just 27 percent on 61 shots. They were unable to find their range from behind the arc as well, hitting just four 3-pointers. “I thought our effort was great. I thought our execution was good for the most part; we...
